June 2011
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Report: Wiretaps Aplenty in Corruption... →
By Joe Palazzolo:
Federal and state courts granted 53 applications for wiretaps in corruption investigations in 2010, according to new data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Federal courts granted three wiretaps in corruption cases, while state and local courts approved the rest. The vast majority of the wiretaps – 47 — were granted in Queens, while the New York organized ...
Why the Village Voice Should "Gross Up" On...
realvillagevoice:
by STEVEN W. THRASHER
The negotiating committee is asking the Village Voice to “gross up” and pay the discriminatory tax burdens same-sex couples face. This was my personal plea to management’s lawyer, Bert Pogrebin.
I had the honor of being in the Capitol building last week when the Senate passed the Marriage Equality Act. It was a highlight of both my life and of my career,...
Village Voice Staff Stages Walk-Out
realvillagevoice:
At exactly 4pm this afternoon, a creaking of chairs could be heard across the 3rd floor of 36 Cooper Square, and then an eerie silence as over 50 union employees and sympathizers walked off the job at the Village Voice, as a sign of dissatisfaction over the lack of movement by management at the bargaining table. The contract expires tonight at midnight.
Many of the...
PRESS ON PRESS ON PRESS →
William Hallet
turtalia:
The PBLT (that would be pork belly) was possibly the 2nd best thing I’ve ever eaten. The first being a duck confit on bread pudding concoction also made by George Rallis at a chef tasting thing a couple years ago at Bistro 33. Track record = excellent.
In other news we accidentally invited ourselves to a preview seating the other night. Best accident ever.
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Feds Drop Racketeering Case Against Bulger : NPR →
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday dismissed a 1994 racketeering indictment against mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger in order to focus on a later indictment that charged the newly captured fugitive with being involved in 19 murders.
Prosecutors in Boston filed an electronic notice notifying U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf that they are dismissing the earlier indictment, which charged...
“A corporation is a legal person created by state statute that can be used as a...”
– From the website for Wyoming Corporate Services, a company that helps clients create “shell” companies to hide assets. Reuters reported today that more than 2,000 companies have listed the company’s headquarters—a house in Wyoming—as their address. (via officialssay)
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Special Report: A little house of secrets on the... →
The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming.
At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn’t a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It’s a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a manicured lawn, a few blocks from ...
Special Report: A little house of secrets on the... →
The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming.
At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn’t a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It’s a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a manicured lawn, a few blocks from ...
High Court's Term Shows Kennedy's Sway - WSJ.com →
he Supreme Court ended its annual term with two decisions upholding free-speech protections, capping a year that saw conservatives largely prevail over the court’s liberal minority.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan, played the crucial role this term, joining the conservative block to shield businesses like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and AT&T Mobility from class-action...
You want to hear Neko Case and Nick Cave cover The... →
It’s really good.
Europe Stifles Drivers in Favor of Mass Transit... →
While Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has generated controversy in New York by “pedestrianizing” a few areas like Times Square, many European cities have already closed vast areas to car traffic. Store owners in Zurich had worried that the closings would mean a drop in business, but that fear has proved unfounded, Mr. Fellmann said, because pedestrian traffic increased 30 to 40 percent where cars...
EU lifts last sanctions on Ivory Coast →
The European Union on Monday lifted the last of its sanctions imposed on Ivory Coast, which were an asset freeze on three entities including RTI national radio and television, the EU announced.
The 27 nations of the EU “decided today to lift the restrictions on the last three entities subject to an EU assets freeze, in order to support the country’s economic recovery,” an EU statement...
Insiders Sound an Alarm Amid a Natural Gas Rush -... →
Natural gas companies have been placing enormous bets on the wells they are drilling, saying they will deliver big profits and provide a vast new source of energy for the United States.
But the gas may not be as easy and cheap to extract from shale formations deep underground as the companies are saying, according to hundreds of industry e-mails and internal documents and an analysis of data...
“When we’re wandering with a hangover down the silent stretch of Broadway at 3 in...”
– With H & H Bagels’ Closing, So Goes the Upper West Side? - NYTimes.com
“What can I tell you about the behaviour of cities? I’m greedy about cities – I...”
– Helen Oyeyemi looks for a city to settle in. (via frontofbook)
“I was gonna give him the benefit of the doubt, but something told me no; that’s...”
– Larry David (via dailycurb)
NYT: The Road to Gay Marriage in New York →
joshsternberg:
The story of how same-sex marriage became legal in New York is about shifting public sentiment and individual lawmakers moved by emotional appeals from gay couples who wish to be wed.
But, behind the scenes, it was really about a Republican Party reckoning with a profoundly changing power dynamic, where Wall Street donors and gay-rights advocates demonstrated more might and...
WSJ: Mohamed had felt increasingly uncomfortable... →
